Loving my Oldies

I am so glad your girl is getting better. But these posts of yours about the first vet and this new one are positively scary. I know vets are only human (LOL) but really some are just the pits and should be told so. But of course the industry body protects its own. Good luck from now on with your puppies. BTW there is nothing wrong with having two puppies at the same time: I think it is great but it is extra work, but what is wrong about that ? :laugh:

And what a great photograph to have of Elsie forever

Lots of stupidity around rescue .... same as any profession. That was my first thought, HMD. I've been thinking of getting Ruthless in to do a session in my home of me and the dogs and the bedtime rituals, but I don't believe in cruelty to other humans.

It sounds to me as though your dog could have the doggy equivalent of ADHD. Have you spoken to the vet about it. I don't know what the initials you posted stand for, I'm sorry . I'm not sure it is in the same vein, but I have a dog who is terrified of storms and if I can see by her behaviour that one is coming, or it is evident from the skies, she gets a quarter of valium (she is tiny). There don't appear to be any side affects at all but in very little time at all, she is just normal again. Maybe having some on hand to try for more extreme times would be a possibility.

I don't think anyone here would disagree, but it won't be a good enough argument for Apo's masculinity challenged partner LOL. There really needs to be a "big yawn" or "done to death" emoticon. I hope you have success in challenging and stopping your partner's stupid idea, Apocalypsepwnie

Please know we are all thinking of Zeus,& his family. Devote your time to his recovery & update when you can. Dont feel obliged to leave Zeus when he needs you more. My thoughts exactly. So relieved there has been some improvement and hoping that this will continue.

What a laugh :laugh: :laugh: I'm pretty sure a few of those would have had to be set up, it is great to see people's senses of humour in full flight.

Wow! Heart Stopper

JRT Rescue, you know as well as I that the situation I describe exists. You are a very different kettle of fish to some :) and it is a shame more aren't like you.

I love the way three pairs of wide wide eyes are focussed on the same thing :laugh: Ed for spelling.

I have never had this problem: good or bad, my dogs will sleep for as long as I do. OT: Any full sized photos of that gorgeous dog in your photo, Sash?

Danny in the Bathroom series LOL: Waiting anxiously - is she staying or just messing with my head: Whew, okay it seems she is going to have a shower: Yep, water is running, I can sleep for a while:

Oh Dave, how awful for you all. Poor Zeus I hope this debility is not permanent. Best wishes.

There was a hoot of a pic doing the rounds some years ago of a block sitting on the toilet, pants down around his ankles and cat draped over the pants. The photo stopped at the knees, if memory serves me well, and did not need to be X rated. Sometimes when I feel like being alone, I will close the door to the bathroom, but there will be at least one anxious face greeting me once the door is opened. As for showering, I have given up and now have a little dog mat, matching the bathroom decor of course, for Danny to lie on. He used to scrunch up the bath mat and as soon as I turned the shower off, he would get up. In his old age, he believes he should not be disturbed and so I now leave the dog mat there full time

I do not think it would be simple ... and as it's not damaging to his health , why spend a fortune ?? If it is stopping him getting a home, why not. If the money came from contributions and the surgeon gave his/her time. If a little tweak here or there gives any living thing a chance at a better life, I am all for it. Emphasise little - I am not advocating radical surgery or do something just because you can. I am merely thinking of giving the dog more chances for a good home. Neither am I implying that his nose is the only reason he has been bounced from home to home. I imagine the shelter needs to be more rigorous in its screening - unless he was bounced from home to home prior to coming into the shelter then the poor screening of potential homes needs to be laid at someone else's door.

If I ran that shelter, I'd be fund raising for corrective surgery. In the hands of an experienced surgeon, I imagine it would be a pretty simple procedure really.

You are quick coogie Happei Birthday indeed, Tempei.

That is a helluva drive, Canetoad. Have some sleep first and then tackle housing problems.

I have to be honest: I can never understand weddings or functions of any description where the women are beautifully dressed whether casual or not, have had beautiful dresses made or bought and the men look as though they've come in from the gardening or tinkering with the car. Sorry, just don't get it. If someone I was marrying turned up like that, the wedding would be cancelled.

Denali and HazyWal, we could always club together with appropriate vehicles LOL.

For cuteness How right she is. Don't we live in an amazing country? So big, so alluring. Your photos make me want to fill the tank and set off. I don't think my 6 elderlies (one being a cat) would know how to have the fun that Jonah does.

That's how I would see it too. Hopefully the newspaper article will elicit offers from walkers.

The lady did say she wondered whether it was fair on the dog to get another, so she is feeling it on two fronts: her own and the dog's. It is my understanding that Amber will stay with her whether she gets another Guide Dog or not. I think Ams' thought is a good one. The person accompanying Liz could be "trained" by her to understand what the dog was doing, etc etc. Couldn't be too hard to just wander along and be a pair of eyes.

We have to be prepared for extreme weather events these days, CC LOL.

Well if you are on a soapbox, VM, I will be joining you. People have to have signs on their dogs asking people not to pat eg "I am working". Hard to comprehend really.